For more than 30 years ...

Company History and Milestones of the ASTECH GmbH

 

06/2022

Market entry of the VLM60 - A 2-dimensional speed and length sensor based on correlation principle and a matrix sensor

07/2020

Relaunch of the LDM42 distance sensor series after a comprehensive re-design

LDM42 is now available with new field bus interfaces like Profinet, Ethernet and Ethernet/IP

08/2019

Astech receives the Parts Certificate according to European MID and WELMEC directives for the length meter VLM500-MID. Therewith the sensor can be used in officially verified length measurement machines

12/2016

Presentation of the VLM502 speed and length sensor with separate sensor and evaluation unit

04/2015

CROMLAVIEW® CR500 - First spectral inline color sensor for industrial applications

07/2014

VLM500 - The 3rd completely newly developed generation of speed and length sensors from Astech

04/2014

LDM51A Lumos - a laser distance sensor with the innovative pulse backmixing measuring method

04/2013

CROMLAVIEW® CR50 and CR50FO color sensors - The new entry-level class

04/2012

Laser distance sensor LDS30A - The fastest distance sensor on the market with up to 30,000 measurements per second

10/2011

CR100FO - further development of the CR100 with fixed optics front end

11/2010

Presentation of the VLM320 speed measuring devices - 32-bit technology for the first time

01/2010

Market launch of the newly developed perceptive color sensors CROMLAVIEW® CR100 and CROMLAVIEW® CR200/210

07/2009

Establishment of the new color sensor division and the start of development of the CROMLAVIEW® color sensor series

06/2007

Presentation of the LDM301A laser distance meter for long distances as the successor model to the LDM300C

01/2007

VLM200 - The 2nd generation of non-contact speed and length measuring devices is used in industry for the first time

11/2006

The success story of the LDM41A and LDM42A laser distance meters begins.
Simultaneous market launch of the sister models LDM41P and LDM42P with Profibus interface

01/2005

Astech moves into new, larger premises in the CTG business center at Schonenfahrerstraße 5 in the center of Rostock

11/2000

Start of the laser distance measurement technology division with the market launch of the LDM300C, which went on to be very successful

07/1998

Launch of the website www.astech.de

05/1994

Market launch and first applications of the VLM200 - The 1st generation of speed and length measuring devices for industry "Made by ASTECH"

10/1993

Presentation of the VLM100 speed and length sensor developed by Astech as a proof-of-concept - first demonstrations, test measurements at customers in the steel and metal industry

09/1992

Foundation of ASTECH Angewandte Sensortechnik GmbH in the Rostock-Warnemünde Technology Center
First projects for the development of customized optical sensors and evaluation units